{"id":435740,"date":"2026-05-06T21:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435740\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:05:07","slug":"neymar-apologises-to-santos-teammate-robinho-jr-for-slapping-him-in-training-neymar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435740\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar apologises to Santos teammate Robinho Jr for slapping him in training | Neymar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neymar has publicly apologised to his Santos<\/a> teammate Robinho J\u00fanior for slapping him during a training session, as the pair appeared to put the dispute behind them during a game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Santos said they had opened an investigation this week after the altercation between Neymar<\/a> and the 18-year-old son of Robinho, the former Real Madrid and Manchester City striker.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want an apology in front of the press, here it is. I had already apologised to him and to his family. I crossed the line,\u201d Neymar told reporters after Santos\u2019 1-1 draw against Recoleta in Paraguay.<\/p>\n

According to Brazilian media, the spat occurred because Neymar, the national team\u2019s all-time leading scorer, did not appreciate being dribbled past by his teenage teammate during a training session at the club\u2019s CT Rei Pel\u00e9 complex on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Robinho Jr confirmed after the Copa Sudamericana match on Tuesday that Neymar had slapped him, but said the incident was over, stating: \u201cEverything is resolved. It\u2019s a situation that upset me because he\u2019s been my idol since childhood … I talked about it with my parents and I accept his apology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinho Jr, the son of Brazil international Robinho, described Neymar as his \u2018idol since childhood\u2019. Photograph: Marco Buenavista\/Sports Press Photo\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Neymar scored Santos\u2019s goal during Tuesday\u2019s game and hugged Robinho Jr during the celebration. \u201cHe\u2019s a boy I like very much, for whom I have a special affection. It happens in football; you argue with your friend, your brother,\u201d said Neymar.<\/p>\n

Despite his recurring injury problems, Neymar still hopes to be called up by the Brazil coach, Carlo Ancelotti, for this summer\u2019s World Cup. Now 34, the forward has not played for Brazil since October 2023. Ancelotti is due to name his final squad on 18 May,<\/p>\n

A former teammate of Neymar at Santos, 42-year-old Robinho is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence<\/a> in Brazil, after being convicted of rape in Italy in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neymar has publicly apologised to his Santos teammate Robinho J\u00fanior for slapping him during a training session, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-435740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}